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- From: eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO (Eyvind Bernhardsen)
- Subject: Re: Programming
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.165738.5459@ugle.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <BxoxsK.Hxq@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1e3nlmINNeb4@ub.d.umn.edu> <mwm.2n55@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> <1e41q2INNne0@ub.d.umn.edu> <Bxt9zr.JCx@unx.sas.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 16:57:38 GMT
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- In article <Bxt9zr.JCx@unx.sas.com>, walker@twix.unx.sas.com (Doug Walker) writes:
- >
- > In article <1e41q2INNne0@ub.d.umn.edu>, rfentima@ub.d.umn.edu (Robert Fentiman) writes:
- > |> the commodities. As with ANY language, these properties that you
- > |> describe are code dependant. I could write a C program that would not
- > |> allow what you have said. Does that make C bad? I am fairly positive
- > |> many (if not all) of what you have suggested can be implemented in an AMOS
- > |> program. Everything I have stated IS TRUE to the extent of my
- > |> knowledge. For answers to these questions, ask a more experienced AMOS
- > |> user.
- >
- > The point is that with AMOS it's not totally code dependant. AMOS
- > has a run-time portion which is always the same. I don't know much
- > about AMOS, but the claim these guys are making is that this run-time
- > portion disables multitasking and steals the input stream from
- > Intuition. Since you don't control the run-time portion with your
- > code, this would imply that ALL programs written in AMOS do this.
- > If this is true, AMOS is indeed a toy language and not suitable for
- > any serious application. Please, if any more experienced AMOS users
- > are around, let us know if the above statements are true - as I said,
- > I've never used AMOS.
-
- For the *last* time... AMOS does *not* disable multitasking! (Sorry, but I'm
- typing this in my SLEEP now...)
-
- > As a side question, is AMOS a compiled or interpreted BASIC? If it's
- > interpreted, that reduces its usefulness for commercial products, but
- > wouldn't affect its usefulness for personal applications or PD
- > projects.
-
- Uh, it's both - interpreted as standard, but there's a compiler available.
-
- > |> Robert Fentiman
-
- > =*|_o_o|\\=====Doug Walker, Software Distiller====== BBS: (919)460-7430 =
-
- SAS inst.? Why is my SAS upgrade so #$%& expensive?
-
- :)
-
- -Eyvind
-
-
- --
- //| | DISCLAIMER: I don't HAVE opinions.
- // | | I just repeat what everyone else says!
- \\ //--|miga: There can be only one. |
- \X/ | eyvind@lise.unit.no | Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Ackpth!
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